Sunday, February 6, 2011

Derek Cianfrance Dishes Details on 'The Place Beyond the Pines'

Last December, we were teased with some vague information on The Place Beyond the Pines, the next project from director Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine) that would re-team the filmmaker with Ryan Gosling. At the time, the director didn't reveal much but simply said the film was "all about fathers and guns, and it has motorcycles and guns in it." But Cianfrance recently chatted with The Playlist and revealed the project is, "kind of an epic movie. It takes place over a couple of generations and it?s kind of a crime story, kind of a mystery. I?ve had people tell me they feel like its The Deer Hunter meets The Godfather.? Whoa! More below!

Cianfrance elaborated even more on The Place Beyond the Pines project:

?It?s a film that I started writing about four years ago. Right before my son Cody was born, this idea came to me about the ...